@Zhenyamarushko

Thank you guys so much for the kind words of encouragement! My second year of playing piano is up, so here’s my second year update for anyone who’s interested: https://youtu.be/tg7jVAcsTDU?si=BkBpKvG_ZAV_JSbo

Onto my third, wish me luck!

@doloresnash287

I just received an electric piano for Christmas! I'm 72 and have always wanted to play, wish me good luck!!

@XxDarkRaverxX

I appreciate this video so much. This is exactly what YouTube used to be before it became news and commercially-produced content.

@davidroberts2476

I'm a retired Jazz drummer who has worked with many great Jazz Artists, and I'm going to take up piano come January 2024. I'm 76 now and I took piano lessons when I was 5 or 6 years old for about a half a year, then took up accordion for about a year, then switched to drums when I was around 8 years old, and continued playing professionally until 2011 when my best friend I'd played with most of my life passed away from cancer. It crushed me, and I felt like I had lost all interest in ever playing again. I donated my drum set which was almost new to the Phoenix Performing Arts Center for someone to play who was less fortunate. I never picked up a pair of sticks again until last year when I bought a snare drum just to practice my rudiments with. I made a pledge to learn to play Jazz piano starting in January of 2024. I just watched your video and was so encouraged by your progress.....great job, keep it up. Perhaps I'll video my progress just as you have starting in January and finishing in December. Wish me well.

@carlab7083

"A pink top and a pink tie and nobody noticed"... girl it was the first thing I noticed! I love when musicians are in character ❤

@JoanitusLC

11 years on piano, and I would have never learned pink panther in my first year. I was probabbly still learning the notes at that time and practising piano exercises lol

@tazman8487

OK, so I'm impressed with the 1 month in.  The fact that you could play with both hands doing different things..   I'm 1 week in and my brain is still struggling with each hand playing different things at the same time...  I'm hoping it will just click at some point like when I first learned guitar, spent hours and hours a day learning one song and then all of a sudden I woke up one day and I could play it.  (It just clicked).

@BibethSharma

I am a University professor who has been playing the keyboard but not learning to read music but now I am 43 and have promised myself that this year I shall learn to read the music on my keyboard. Your video is very inspirational.

@ClarenceK-x7h

I played the 🎹 for 27 years, I don't play anymore, but this has made me want to start up again

@howtobecomehealthy

i’ve been playing since 8 years and i can tell you for 1 year you’re great and i wish u the best to get better and better ❤️❤️

@oleoleanderson

The amount of people who try to learn a new skill and quit when things get too hard is most people. But you stuck with it and I respect that. Keep up the great work and good luck on your journey!

@Max_TheMonkey

With my 8 years of piano experience i truly feel that you have talent and that if you keep practicing like that you will eventually want to play harder and harder songs until it can’t get harder anymore.. and the songs that you have practiced before will just sound too easy and empty. My experience with that just never ends. I wish you the greatest of honor to become a piano master one day!

@marylinesperance6796

Für Elise in 4 months is absolutely insane. You should be so proud of yourself omg, I started playing the piano at 7 and maybe it was because I didn’t like playing and never practiced at home but it took 3 years of piano learning for me to start learning that piece

@jaybee4288

Finally one of these videos that seems real and what we’d expect with mistakes and timing issues.  You’re really good for one year and self taught!  Like really good! 😁  I liked pink panther and the nocturne was really cute!  Also I didn’t want to leave advice but seeing as you said it yourself in the end, perfecting the piece before moving on is the best thing to do!   And have fun with the sustain pedal, it will change your world!

@MoneyLounge1

😂at like minute 5, I was listening while washing my face, and it turned to ad about learning piano or something with a great piano tune without me knowing, and I went OMG SHE’S INSANE NOW, listened to whole ad before I realized😂
Great job tho

@justintran3265

Great progress! It took me 3 months with a real piano teacher to erase 3 yrs of community college piano classes. Yes, a real teacher makes the difference!

@Tempmastergaming

i know I'm like 2 years late but i just wanna say that watching your video has inspired me to buy a piano and start my own journey just like you because seeing the way you've improved was so impressive and made me wanna give it a try for myself i didn't know if i really wanted too because i didn't know if it would be something i would like and would just quit but i always do that with things so ill use this as a chance to commit to something for once and actually challenge myself good or bad even if I'm not a natural ill try to apply myself this is the video i needed so i can have better resolve and just go for it thank you for showing us your journey and the growth you've shown while practicing and continuing to do better

@MotifMusicStudios

What a whole lot of determination and dedication! Congratulations on the ways you've stayed creativity! Here's to many more years of musical fun!

@AlexAlex

your memory for each song is super impressive, no sheet music all brain

@tristansteiger2794

I started self teaching myself piano 4 years ago and I’ve never looked back. Cool to see that other people are as well!